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Nigeria’s Vice President’s daughter joins #EndSARSNow protest

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's daughter, Kiki has joined the #EndSARS protest aimed at stopping police brutality and scrapping the controversial police unit.  The development was...

Nigerians laud Ghana Police Service amid #EndSARS protest

For days now, hundreds of Nigerians have taken to the streets to demand an end to police brutality. The development was triggered after a viral...

Youth beat up Catholic priest for this reason

Rev. Fr. Ejike Fabian Odunze, the parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Nkomoro in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has...

Nigerian community officials allegedly ban women from using phones, sunglasses

Officials of Hisbah in Kaduna State have allegedly banned girls and ladies in Kuriga Village under Chikun Local Government Area from using or possessing...

Woman sells grandson over father’s failure to pay bride price

An old woman has been arrested for allegedly selling her grandson over his father's failure to to pay for the wife’s bride price. The suspect,...

Prison officer commits suicide after being denied promotion [Photo]

After being denied promotion consecutively for three times, 28-year-old Alfred Bassa, a staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service,...

Tenant stabs landlord to death after he was queried for bringing in too many women

The police in Anambra state have arrested a 21-year-old man, Onyeamachi Mmaju, for allegedly stabbing his landlord, Nonso Oyikoba, 35, to death in Ogidi...

Man murdered in US five months after graduating

A young Nigerian man has been murdered in the United States (US) five months after graduating from Virginia Tech where he studied industrial system...

Woman claims she killed her two children under hallucination

The woman, arrested for allegedly killing her two children aged six and three, Hauwa’u Habibu, says she was paranoid and hallucinating when she attacked...

Popular pastor jailed for life for child kidnapping

A popular Nigerian 'man of God', Prophet Babatunde Alfa and five others, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the disappearance of a one-year-old...

Davido terminates contract of one signee after domestic violence allegation

Nigerian musician, Davido has dismissed one of his label signees, rapper Lhil Frosh, after he was accused of domestic violence. Announcing the termination via a...

Drama as thieves beg Catholic priest for forgiveness during robbery

An interesting drama occurred on Monday when some armed robbers invaded the residence of a Catholic priest in Makurdi, Benue State, Rev. Fr. Solomon...

Popular beauty queen allegedly commits suicide after losing her phone [Video]

A popular beauty queen, identified as Nora Able, has been reported to have allegedly taken her life after losing her phone. According to reports, the...

It’s a demotion to vie for Nigeria’s presidency – Bishop Oyedepo

David Oyedepo, the Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, has said that he considers it a demotion if invited...

Woman kills her two children over dispute with husband

A 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, has been arrested by the police command in Kano State for using a cutlass to hack her two children...

Davido reacts in anger as popular Ghanaian bar bounces his boy [Video]

Nigerian superstar, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has caused a stir on social after one of his crew members was denied entry...

It was out of self-defense – Woman who brutalized step-daughter

A woman who was accused of slashing her step daughter's face with razor blade in Warri, Delta State, has shared her own side of...

Demons pushed me into defiling little boys – 46 year old man confesses

A 46-year-old man identified as Michael Nwoha has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling three underaged boys at his residence, at No.10...

Buhari raises concerns over slow pace of nuclear weapons’ elimination

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday raised concerns over what he called slow pace by United Nations member states in eliminating...

Nigeria@60: Buhari preaches national unity, identity over regional allegiance

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to see themselves first as one instead of people from different parts of the country. Buhari’s administration has...

Nigerian senator fined for s3x toy shop assault

A Nigerian senator has been fined $130,000 (£100,000) and told to apologise to a woman he physically assaulted in a sex toy shop last...

Man kills and buries his 70-year-old father inside a shallow grave

A 26-year-old man, Chisom Ogum, has been arrested by men of the Anambra state police command in Nigeria for allegedly killing his biological father,...

Nollywood actor Mr Ibu chills inside Davido’s mansion [Watch]

Veteran Nollywood actor, Mr Ibu, was recently at singer Davido’s mansion in Lagos and the two superstars got to spend time together. From indications,...

Wizkid features his three kids in official music video for his latest song [Watch]

Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid, is coming back for his spot in the music industry. He has so far spent the past few...

Buhari puts presidential aircraft up for sale

An aircraft in Nigeria's Presidential Fleet, Hawker 4000 with the registration number 5N-FGX/: RC 066 has been put up for sale by the country's federal...

COVID-19: Nigerian States to receive N1 billion each

At lease 32 states in Nigeria will receive one billion naira each in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Coordinator of the PTF,...

What man did to avoid marrying lady who wanted a GHC 60,000 wedding

A Nigerian man took to Twitter to reveal what he did to jilt his girlfriend who demanded a 4 million Naira (GH¢ 60,000) wedding....

17-year-old boy grabbed for drugging, raping 14-year-old

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Pelumi Oloyede-Bello, 17, for allegedly drugging and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ejigbo area of the...

Man catches best friend recording his wife’s n*kedness in bathroom (Watch)

An unbelievable video circulating on social media has sent shocks down the spines of many social media users. In the video, a man caught his...

Bizarre: Lady begs onion seller for s3x in traffic (video)

A lady has been spotted in a viral video sexually harassing an onion seller while in traffic in Nigeria.  The lady was seen holding onto the...

Man kills ‘side chick’ for rituals, cuts her into pieces

A 20-year-old Business Administration student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, has been killed by her side piece in Ikorodu, Lagos.Toluwalase Kembi, who...

Man arrested for burying teen daughter’s baby alive

The Nigerian Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man, Bawada Audu, for allegedly burying his newborn grandson alive.According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed...

Little boy develops ATM that dispenses cash [Video]

A little boy from Imo state- Nigeria has built an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) that dispenses cash. The little boy could be seen showing onlookers...

Nigerians in shock as Olamide purchases latest $700k Lamborghini Aventador

Sensational singer, Olamide Adedeji, popularly referred to as Olamide, has sent social media into frenzy with the news of him splashing a whooping sum...

Crippled blocks police van for this! [video]

A viral video of a brave handicapped man challenging the police to release a friend protesting fuel hike and electricity hikes has become an...

Interesting: Woman with lawyer father recreates childhood photo after being called to the bar

A lawyer and her father have gone viral after she recreated her childhood photo with him shortly after she was called to the bar. "I...

The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie

Two Nigerian filmmakers face the prospect of imprisonment if they ignore the stern warning of the authorities and proceed with the release of a...

Man shot dead after argument over shawarma

A 35-year-old man, Kayode Oloruntoba, was shot dead by a fellow customer at a shawarma joint in Alagbado, Lagos, on Friday, September 11, 2020.According...

Nigeria’s slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want

In a tragedy reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, a couple in Nigeria killed themselves earlier this month after their parents had forbidden them from...

Top politician’s fully furnished air-conditioned burial ground causes uproar (Video+photos)

Nigerian senator and former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, was one of the high-profile casualties of the coronavirus pandemic which was raging...